The Inland Marine Underwriters Association (IMUA), at its 84th Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, announced its 2014 scholarship recipients: •Renee Gerdisch - Katie School of Insurance, Illinois State University•Michelle Szczepaniak - Katie School of Insurance…
HII President and CEO Mike Petters Encourages An Achievable Dream's 2014 Graduates to Live the American DreamHuntington Ingalls Industries (HII) President and CEO Mike Petters served as the commencement speaker Thursday at the graduation…
The British Marine Federation (BMF) and BMF Commercial will exhibit at Seawork International, June 10-12 at ABP Port of Southampton. The joint presence at the event will be to provide continuing support and promotion of members of BMF Commercial Marine…
During the 70th observance of D-Day, 10,000 surviving World War II American merchant marines, the International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots and U.S. Representative G.K. Butterfield will be pressing the Senate to pass legislation…
Aegean Shipping Management has become the first Greek shipping company and amongst the first worldwide to be awarded the ISO 22301 Business Continuity certification by LRQA.During a ceremony held at both Lloyd's Register’s and Aegean’s stand yesterday…
Domestic Maritime Industry Worth More than $9.6 Billion to Florida Economy.Florida ranks second among all states in domestic maritime jobs, according to a new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for the Transportation Institute and released by the American Maritime Partnership (AMP)…
Hill Dickinson announced it has strengthened its presence in the Asian Shipping Market by making a series of new appointments to its Hong Kong and Singapore offices.Formerly a partner at Clydes in Singapore, Chris Edwards joins the Singapore office in June…
European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) says it welcomes the recent decision of IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) that containers must be weighed before being stowed on board ship; however it stresses that the weighing of containers should not burden port handling activities…
How has the seafarer supply changed in relation to the wider changes in the size of the world merchant fleet? Drewry's latest Manning report tackles the question, and also provides forecasts up to 2018 in a new publication on sale now.Contents…
Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board investigators have closed a formal hearing in Galveston, that was held to gather facts that led to a March 22, 2014 collision and subsequent 168,000 gallon oil spill near the Texas City Dike…
Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. announces the hiring of Jennifer Jensen as the Vice President of the newly formed quality assurance group. Based in Global’s corporate headquarters in Seattle, Wash., she will direct the efforts of the company’s human resources…
When those who served our nation return home, we owe them a fair shake along with our gratitude. Events like yesterday’s Military 2 Maritime information and recruiting session, hosted by the American Maritime Partnership in Jacksonville, Florida…
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) announced that there have been changes in estimated time of arrival (ETA)and estimated time of departure (ETD) times for some InfoPath Template 6.2.2 users after their XML file has been submitted for processing to the National Vessel Movement Center…
Founder and President of Michael Peters Yacht Design to Give Keynote Address.On June 21 The Landing School will celebrate its 35th annual commencement, graduating 78 diploma students, a record high. Graduates in the Marine Systems, Yacht Design…
Rickmers-Linie, which specializes in worldwide project and heavy lift liner services, said it continues to streamline operations and improve its global organization. Robert Sappio, who has been heading Rickmers-Linie (America) Inc since September 2012…
